The Exit Interviews: Mhairi Black
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Matt Chorley sits down with MPs leaving Parliament at the next election to talk about their highs and lows, their best and worst bosses, and the lessons they've learned from politics.
Mhairi Black was elected as an SNP MP at the age of 20 and is quitting before reaching 30; she talks about the weird world of Westminster, the prospects of independence and how she feels about Nicola Sturgeon.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Matt Surely, and this is Politics Without the Boring Bits. |
| 0:09.0 | Massive thank you to all of you got in touch over Christmas as we looked back over some of our favorite moments |
| 0:14.8 | and our best bits from last year. We are back with all new brand new content as |
| 0:19.1 | all the politicians we launched there slightly old content for the big election year. |
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| 0:27.5 | Matt at Times. Radio with any questions or comments or complaints or |
| 0:31.5 | queries. It'd be lovely to hear from you. |
| 0:33.3 | Coming up on today's episode of the podcast, |
| 0:36.6 | we've got a brand new series of the exit interviews. |
| 0:40.0 | Whether there's dozens of MPs standing down ahead of the next election, we ask them, |
| 0:44.8 | why are they leaving? What are they going to do now? |
| 0:47.1 | And any advice for their successes? On today's episode, Marry Black, she arrived at the age of 20 in the House of Commons as the youngest MP, |
| 0:56.0 | SMP MP. |
| 0:57.0 | She's quitting before she's even reached 30. |
| 0:59.0 | A really fascinating interview. |
| 1:00.0 | Surprisingly honest, actually it has to be said about some of her |
| 1:04.1 | party leaders including Nicholas Sturch and starts coming up in just a moment will also have a |
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